INTERMEDIATE MED-SURG 201/-SURG EXAM 1 REVIEW

INTERMEDIATE MED-SURG 201/-SURG EXAM 1 REVIEW You are assessing an older adult for ● monitor blood work (albumin, fats, malnutrition. What are appropriate nursing actions? cholesterol) ● Check oral mucosa SCALES ● Sadness or mood change ● Cholesterol is high ● Albumin is low ● Loss or gain in weight ● Eating problems ● Shopping and food preparation problems A Pt has inoperable lung cancer, prognosis is poor. the Pt says “I want to travel abroad for unfinished business… what type of anxiety is this pt exhibiting? ● Anxiety about unfinished business? Physiologic needs before psychosocial (Maslow's Hierarchy) ● assessing functional ability such as their own meal ● multiple meds for Cardiopulmonary disease… For terminally ill Pt.. know their wishes, advance directives bc why? ● Look at the b